Tag: Common Buckthorn
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Watersmeet Woods 3/18/2023
Area visited is outlined in red. Points of interest are labeled and burn scars are numbered. Sign at entrance across from Avon Avenue. Marsh Log pavers on trail. Buckthorn thicket that is being cut. The pile is visible in the lower right. The ground water is right at the surface. Waterproof boots are needed for…
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Baker’s Lake 3/4/2023
Points of interest are numbered, and the target area visited is outlined in red. Point of Interest One: Lookout from South Side of Lake. Point of Interest Two: Sign for Younghusband Prairie This is a prairie reconstruction. Point of Interest Three: Brush Mowing Along Trail. Point of Interest Four: Baker’s Lake Wetland Sign Point of…
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Bluff Spring Fen 2/18/2023
The areas outlined in red are where I visited today. Today’s work area. Burn pile with today’s work area in the background. Every stump had been carefully treated with herbicide. Closer view of a treated stump. Herbicide has been applied liberally to the point some has run down the stem. It would be possible to…
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Poplar Creek 2/15/2023
The area outlined in red is where I visited today. I believe work occurred in this area on January 29th, 2023. West of the horse trail. Stump with dye from herbicide faded after what I believe has been two weeks. I did not map stumps that were treated, or not treated, because the dye had…
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Deer Grove on 2/11/2023
The areas outlined in red are where I visited today. As you look through the pictures, notice the difference in the amount of downed wood left to decompose in areas being managed by different people. North of Camp Alphonse The below map shows where the burn scars from previous workdays and brush pile burns from…
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When A Tree Dies
This is where a tree died and was removed. In this closer view, you can readily see the multiflora rose growing around the cut stump. Around this dead tree is thick common buckthorn and some autumn olive. As the old oaks die, many are being replaced by invasive species.
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Poplar Creek On 1/21/2023
Schaumburg Road Grasslands Joseph Goder Tract Here is a map showing locations of brush piles that were burned at today’s workday, burn scars from previous workdays, and brush piles covered with a tarp (gray or blue). The below view looks north toward the open area. This view looks south from the open area. This is…
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Spring Creek On 1/14/2023
South of Healy Savanna The below image is of the work area from the workday on 1/14/2023. This is on the ridge south of Healy Savanna. In this work area both Asian bush honeysuckle and common buckthorn were treated with herbicide. Rain occurred two days after the herbicide was applied. This will be important when…
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Poplar Creek On 1/7/2023
North of Shoe Factory Road This first image shows part of the work area where a brush pile is being burned. These are box elder trees that have been cut. Along the Bike Path North of the Carl R. Hanson Woods Parking Lot. This is a common buckthorn that was previously cut. If herbicide was…
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